Hello to all! As you know, it is coming down to the wire, and it is about to end (I am about to cry!) But do not fret! I think I want to write a sequel to this story, since I have nothing else to do XD But this chapter is mainly about how she tells them that Inuyasha is... Well, you can read, right! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, but I own my story :D


Kagome awoke in her comfortable bed under the silky covers, noticing no light coming through in her windows. She stretched in her bed, and rubbed her eyes, wanting to go back to bed. But Sesshoumaru would hate that. She sighed and got up from her bed. She straightened the covers and looked at the window.

The curtains that cloaked the window seemed like it was capturing the light from the sun. She walked over to the window, and tried to looked through it. Unfortunately, she couldn't. She shrugged and pulled the curtains open. She found out her answer.

The bright light that the sun offered shined throughout the whole room, making her squint her eyes, not used to the light at that time. She sighed, and looked down, towards the ground, seeing the scenery around her. She noticed people down there, having fun.

People like Sango, Miroku, and Shippo. Her eyes widened and rushed towards the nearest clothing. She got out of her pajama wear and hurried into her clothing for the day. She ran up to the door, and opened it, running out of her room without closing the door. She, of course, wasn't looking, and bumped into someone in the hall.

She fell down onto her backside and rubbed her back. She looked up, and saw it was Sesshoumaru. "I'm sorry. I didn't see you there." He held out his hand and helped her up from the cold ground. He began to walk away when she remembered something. "Hey, Sesshoumaru?" He looked back at her. "What time is it, and why do you need to talk to me tonight?"

He looked back at the stairs and began to walk towards them. "It is the afternoon hours, and the reason will stay hidden until tonight." She sighed and brushed her clothing of any dirt that she spotted. She looked back to Sesshoumaru, only to see him gone. She ran to the stairs and ran down them as fast as she could.

"Kagome! What's wrong?" Sango tilted her head in confusion, as she yelled to her friend. Kagome looked to her right, noticing her friends coming in from the field in the back. She smiled and ran to her friends.

"Nothing is wrong! I woke up a little bit late, and I wanted to come outside to say hi to you all!" Sango nodded, and hugged her. She looked around for Inuyasha, waiting for him to yell at Kagome for running that hard to her. But he never came.

"Kagome." Miroku said from behind Sango. Kagome looked at him, and smiled.

"What is it, Miroku?" Sango let go of Kagome, to let him talk to her and to actually look at him, rather then a corner of him.

"We haven't seen Inuyasha anywhere." She flinched. "Do you know where he could be at this time, so we can visit?" Her smile faded, and she looked at the ground below her.

"Yeah, I want to show him how strong I have gotten!" Shippo flexed his muscles, but all Kagome did was smile, but in sadness.

"He would've liked that…" She whispered under her breath. She felt some tears coming, but she held them in, trying to be strong in front of her friends. Sango kept looking at her, seeing that something was wrong.

"Inuyasha isn't here, is he?" Kagome looked up, showing the tears on the rims of her eyes, nodding in response. She couldn't find her voice to tell her friends about the incident.

"He's gone." She replied. That was the only words that she could find that she could actually say. Shippo didn't know what she was talking about, but Sango and Miroku had a slight clue as what she meant.

"What happened, Kagome?" She looked at Sango, letting the tears fall down her face. She couldn't tell them. She couldn't find anything that she could say to them. But they did have the right to know what was going on.

"He was… killed… by Kikyo." Sango let out a small gasp, as well as Shippo. "I couldn't do anything to save him… I was helpless." She closed her eyes tightly, and cried for him. She still couldn't let him go. She found it impossible to forget him.

Sango knelt down, crying with Kagome, as the robe of the fire rat was Inuyasha under that dirt. She didn't want to believe it. She wanted to believe that it was all a dream, that they will all wake up in a couple of minutes, laughing at each other. But that wasn't the case. It was real.

Shippo walked over to Sango, and held onto her hand, trying to calm her down the best he could. But even he found himself to cry for the loss of his friend. He looked up at Kagome, seeing her in much more pain then the rest. But that was to be expected. She loved him more then the rest.

Miroku saw Kagome in pain, but saw her resisting as much as she could to not let the tears fall. He only spoke to her briefly. "It wasn't your fault." Kagome looked at him, but looked away, seeing that he was comforting Sango. She had no one there for her. She started to back away, turned around, and ran away from the group.

She couldn't stand there, seeing her friends in pain from the loss. It only reminded her of her own pain from the loss. She got to the stair, but couldn't go up. She felt an arm around her waist, falling back onto a body behind her.

"Why must you run from your pain?" Sesshoumaru whispered in her ear. She looked over at the group, still seeing Sango and Shippo crying, facing their sadness. She looked up and saw Sesshoumaru looking down at her. She spun around, facing his chest, and cried into him. She let the tears flow, feeling the pain of everyone in the castle.

All he did for her was hold her, trying to calm her crying. The last thing he wanted to hear was her, crying, in pain. He glanced over at the group, and spoke to them. "Let him go. He is in enough pain as it is." They all, meaning Sango, Shippo, and Miroku, looked up at him, with puffiness in their eyes and red surrounding the rims of their eyes.

"Like you care, Sesshoumaru!" Sango screamed at him. The scream hurt his ears, and he twitched his eye in pain. "He was your own brother, and you don't even cry for him!" It was true. He never did cry for his brother's death. He didn't even cry for his father. Kagome turned her head and saw Sango, standing, with anger in her.

"Do not tell me what I do not do." Sango took a step forward, wanting to attack him at that very moment. But something stopped her.

She saw Kagome in his arms. Why was he caring for her? Why did he comfort her when she cried? Sango looked to the ground, sighing, and whispered, "Sorry." She walked away, and into her room. Miroku followed, as Shippo jumped up on his shoulders, traveling with him.

Kagome sighed, and backed away from Sesshoumaru. She felt weak, and hurt. She felt as if she couldn't walk. She wiped her eyes and took steps up the stairs, only to find that she needed support from the railing. Sesshoumaru saw her actions, and picked her up, carrying her to her room to rest.

"You need rest, Kagome." She shook her head. She didn't want to sleep. She wanted to think about what she said to all of them, and why she did it. She didn't even know why she did it.

Sesshoumaru got to her room, walking right into it, since she never closed the door. He noticed her bed tidy, but her pajamas on the floor. He sighed through his nose, and walked to her bed. He set her down, sitting down on the edge.

"Stay." She said to him. She didn't want him to leave. Not until she was asleep, since she knew that he wanted her to sleep. He did a quick nod, and held onto her hand, watching her breathing even out. She fell into a dream, as he stood from the bed, smiling, for her. Tonight, will be the night. He walked away from the bed, and closed the door behind him.


Woah... that's the end of that one! I wanted to get Sesshoumaru to smile, because I think he is just so cute when he smiles:D There was one review that I wanted to clear up for someone, so I will do that now!

inu luver 4ever: Haha! It's you! XD You are the lucky person I get to comment about! woo! But, I wanted to clarify what I was meaning for you (Since I like to :D) Here is what you questioned about:

It's isn't like she likes you or anything: Okay, yeah that was a typo (Thanks for noticing that...) It is suppose to be: It isn't like she hates you or anything Sorry for the mishap!

He remembered her backing up from him, scared. Why? She didn't love him, right: Okay, this is what I sort of meant for this one: His conscious was telling him that he liked her, but then when she backed away from him, he started to doubt that his conscious was wrong, that she hated him. But he didn't really know why she kissed him back, or scared of kissing him. He felt that maybe she was scared because she felt the same way, but his doubt kicked in again, telling him that she pretty much hated him.

I hope that was clear enough, although it might not XD(End of review clarification)

I will see you all in the next chapter (I would post a preview, but I only have one sentence from it XD) Ja Ne!